Just by recognizing that what you did (changing your sheets) was just a ritual and held no real significance whatsoever, you've robbed yourself of the placebo affect that it was giving you

Also, anyone who reads this topic probably won't benefit from it due to the fact that they now realize on a conscious level that any rituals they do won't really have any physical affect on their brain at all.


The best way to put it: you just told all the patients that those miracle pills they've been taking are nothing more than sugar water